Honorary degrees are typically awarded by the [[College of William and Mary]] at [[Charter Day]] and [[Commencement]] ceremonies as well as other special events to distinguished individuals. Currently, there are usually multiple honorary degree recipients at [[Charter Day]] (CD) and [[Commencement]] (C). The tradition was begun in 1756 with the granting of an honorary degree to Benjamin Franklin.

Honorary degrees are typically awarded by the [[College of William and Mary]] at [[Charter Day]] and [[Commencement]] ceremonies as well as other special events to distinguished individuals. Currently, there are usually multiple honorary degree recipients at [[Charter Day]] (CD) and [[Commencement]] (C). The tradition was begun in 1756 with the granting of an honorary degree to Benjamin Franklin.

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When available, lists and general information about honorary degree recipients can be found in the University Archives Subject File Collection folder "Degrees--Honorary". The remarks of honorary degree recipients at Charter Day and Commencement are part of the University Archives in the Special Collections Research Center (most often found in the University Archives Subject File Collection).

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When available, lists and general information about honorary degree recipients can be found in the University Archives Subject File Collection folder "Degrees--Honorary". The remarks of honorary degree recipients at Charter Day and Commencement are part of <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.cleanfresnocarpets.com/ <span style="color:black;font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none!important; background:none!important; text-decoration:none;">clovis carpet cleaning</span>] the University Archives in the Special Collections Research Center (most often found in the University Archives Subject File Collection).

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Honorary degrees are typically awarded by the College of William and Mary at Charter Day and Commencement ceremonies as well as other special events to distinguished individuals. Currently, there are usually multiple honorary degree recipients at Charter Day (CD) and Commencement (C). The tradition was begun in 1756 with the granting of an honorary degree to Benjamin Franklin.

When available, lists and general information about honorary degree recipients can be found in the University Archives Subject File Collection folder "Degrees--Honorary". The remarks of honorary degree recipients at Charter Day and Commencement are part of clovis carpet cleaning the University Archives in the Special Collections Research Center (most often found in the University Archives Subject File Collection).

C 1977 Catherine Filene Shouse (L.H.D.) member, Virginia Commission of the
Arts and Humanities, donated land
for Wolf Trap Farm for the Performing Arts, first chairman of the President’s Music Commission,
People to People Program

C 2002 A. Lamar Alexander (LL.D.) public servant, educator, businessman, Former U.S. Secretary of Education, Former Governor of Tennessee, Goodman Visiting Professor of Practice in Public Service Harvard University Kennedy School of Government

C 2002 Ernest Whitmore Goodrich (LL.D.) William and Mary alumnus, Lieutenant Commander U.S. Navy, former Board of Visitors rector and Marshall-Wythe School of Law professor, Commonwealth Attorney for Surry County

C 2003 John Robert Lewis (D.P.S.) public servant, civic activist, protector of human rights, elected to Congress in 1986, member of the United States House of Representatives

C 2003 Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan (L.H.D.) international negotiator, advocate for democracy and peace, active patron of many national institutions in Jordan, chair of the King Hussein Foundation established in 1999

CD 2004 John H. Chichester (D.P.S.) Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore and Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, elected to the Senate in 1978

CD 2004 Lt. Gen. David D. McKiernan (D.P.S.) William and Mary alumnus, U.S. Army
Lt. Gen., commanding general of the 3rd U.S. Army

CD 2004 Ronald E. Carrier (L.H.D.) James Madison University President
Emeritus, also served as James Madison University chancellor from 1998 to 2002, member of the Planning and Capacity Steering Committee of the state’s Higher Education Summit

CD 2004 George W. Johnson (L.H.D.) George Mason University President
Emeritus (serving from 1978 to 1996), opened the region’s first performing arts center, helped found the Northern Virginia Roundtable (an influential business and civic organization)
C 2004 Jon Stewart (M.A.) William and Mary alumnus Class of 1984, host and executive producer of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"

C 2004 William Ivey Long (L.H.D.) William and Mary alumnus, costume designer, winner of four Tony awards, historic preservationist

CD 2005 James Hadley Billington (Litt.D.) author, scholar, leader, statesman,
became Director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in 1973 serving fifteen years, Librarian of Congress since 1987

CD 2005 John Tilghman Hazel, Jr. (D.P.S.) visionary, advocate, philanthropist, public servant, lawyer, former rector of George Mason University, member of
Virginia Business Higher Education Council

C 2005 Sir John Elliott (L.H.D.) scholar, author, expositor, Regius
Professor of Modern History Emeritus at Oxford University

C 2005 Margaret McKane Mauldin (L.H.D.) linguist, preservationist, teacher, author, instructor in the Department of Anthropology at The University of Oklahoma

CD 2007 A. Marshall Acuff, Jr. (L.H.D.) William and Mary Alumnus, served nine years on the College’s Board of Visitors (three of those years as Rector), president of AMA Investment Counsel, LLC., former president and managing director of Smith Barney

C 2007 William T. Coleman, Jr. (LL.D.) Former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, noted civil rights advocate and legal scholar

C 2007 William M. Kelso (S.D.) William and Mary alumnus, M.A. 1964, Director of archaeology for the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities and the Jamestown Rediscovery Project, Located the James Fort at Jamestown

CD 2008 James B. Comey, class of 1982(LL.D.), former Deputy Attorney General of the United States, 2003-2005; General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Lockheed Martin, 2005-present

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